From left: Abigail Hall, Liam Craft, Ysobel Sims, Thomas O'Brien, Lachlan Court, Bryce Tuppurainen, Alana Noonan, Mikyla Peters
Academic Supervisors
Professor Stephan Chalup: Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computing (Computer Science and Software Engineering). Head of the Newcastle Robotics Laboratory and NUbots. Specialises in Machine Learning and Anthropocentric Biocybernetic Computing.
Dr. Alexandre Mendes: Senior Lecturer in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computing (Computer Science and Software Engineering). Deputy Head of NUbots. Specialises in Machine Learning and Optimisation.
Dr. Joel Ferguson: Lecturer and research associate in the School of Engineering. Specialises in nonlinear control. Supervises NUbots Mechatronics final year projects in a range of areas.
Student Members
Joe Bailey: Undergraduate student studying Computer Science. Vision data generation and benchmarking.
Clayton Carlon: Undergraduate student studying a combined degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems Engineering. Hardware and audio.
Peta Carlyle: Undergraduate student studying Software Engineering.
Lachlan Court: Undergraduate student studying Computer Science. Marketing Manager. Localisation, documentation and NUsight.
Liam Craft: Undergraduate student studying Computer Science. Laboratory Manager. Hardware and DevOps.
Jason Disher: Undergraduate student studying Computer Science. Team Secretary. Walk optimisation and odometry.
Abigail Hall: Undergraduate student studying a combined degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. Recruitment Officer. Localisation.
Thomas Legge: Undergraduate student studying Computer Science. Speech recognition.
Sam McFarlane: Undergraduate student studying a combined degree in Mechatronics Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Hardware and odometry.
Cameron Murtagh: Undergraduate student studying Mathematics. DevOps and software.
Alana Noonan: Undergraduate student studying Computer Science. Head of Arts and Crafts. Vision data generation and benchmarking.
Thomas O'Brien: Mechatronics Engineering PhD student. Deputy Team Leader. Motions, behaviour and localisation.
Jesse Perrin: Undergraduate student studying Computer Systems Engineering. Vision data generation.
Mikyla Peters: Undergraduate student studying a combined degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems Engineering. Hardware.
Ysobel Sims: Bachelor of Mathematics and Computer Science. Computer Science PhD student. Team Leader. Vision data collection and benchmarking.
Bryce Tuppurainen: Undergraduate student studying Software Engineering. Behaviour and underlying decision-making system.
Luke Warham: Undergraduate student studying Mechatronics Engineering. Vision post-processing and localisation.
David Wieland: Bachelor of IT. Postgraduate student studying a Master of Data Science. Specialises in community outreach, sponsorships and marketing.
Joel Wong: Computer Science PhD student. Specialises in computer vision and genetic algorithms.
Taylor Young: Bachelor of Electrical Engineering with Honours. Electrical Engineering PhD student. Hardware.
Junior Members
- Ethan Bird, Software Engineering Undergraduate, Localisation.
- Luke Haigh, Computer Science Undergraduate, Vision.
- Frithjof Herb, Chemistry PhD, Vision.
- Angelique Herfel, Software Engineering Undergraduate, Vision.
- Ronack Jain, Computer Systems Engineering/Electrical Engineering Undergraduate, Vision.
- Utkrisht Jain, Mechatronics Engineering Undergraduate, Hardware.
- Thomas Maguire, Computer Science Undergraduate, DevOps.
- Johanne Montano, Computer Systems Engineering Undergraduate, Hardware.
- Cottrell Tamessar, Biological Science PhD, Vision.
- Jesse Williamson, Computer Science Undergraduate, DevOps.
Supporting Members
Past members of the team that are still involved with projects, mentoring, and support.
Brendan Annable: Bachelor of Software Engineering Graduate. Ex-Team Leader. Lead Developer of NUsight.
Alex Biddulph: Bachelor of Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Systems Engineering with Honours. Currently studying for a Doctorate of Philosophy in Computer Systems Engineering. Ex-Team Leader. Specialises in the Build System, Machine Learning and Computer Vision.
Kip Hamiltons: Bachelor of Mathematics and Computer Science Graduate. Ex-Lead of DevOps.
Dr. Trent Houliston: Holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Software Engineering. Ex-Team Leader. Currently working at 4Tel. Specialises in Software Architecture, Machine Learning and Computer Vision.
Josephus Paye II: Computer Science Graduate. Ex-Team Leader. Works on NUsight, our web-based debugging environment, and NUbook, the team handbook.
Alumni
See Past Members for past NUbots members.
